JODIE TURNER-SMITH Mom, Style Star Screen Queen

THE TRON: ARES ACTRESS LIVES EVERY DAY TO SHOW HER 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SHE CAN DO IT ALL

- JACK SMART

When Jodie Turner-Smith says she’s “in preparation for the impending apocalypse,” it’s unclear whether or not she’s joking. “I’m trying to collect survival skills for when, inevitably, society completely collapses,” the celebrated 39-year-old British actress says with a wry smile. Up next? Boats and helicopters. “I need to be able to operate as many kinds of motor vehicles as possible.”

Although animated and quick to laugh, the Tron: Ares star and mom of one is serious about pursuing her goals. Born in Peterborough, England, to Jamaican parents, Turner-Smith turned a University of Pittsburgh finance degree into a lucrative banking job, only to abandon corporate life for a one-way flight to Los Angeles in 2009. Breakout roles in projects such as True Blood, Queen & Slim and Anne Boleyn followed. As an A.I. warrior in Disney’s new